Meiosis – Classroom Partners

meiosis  Stages of meiosis Meiosis contains two separate cell divisions, meaning that one parent cell can produce four gametes In The duplicated chromosomes align on a second spindle, and the sister chromatids separate to produce cells with a haploid DNA content Meiosis thus consists of a

Meiosis is part of the sexual process because gametes have one half the chromosomes as diploid individuals Phases of Meiosis There are two For reproduction of an organism to occur, the original parent cell will undergo Meiosis to create 4 new daughter cells with a slightly different genetic makeup

The “business end” of meiosis is the first, protracted, meiotic prophase It is during this stage that two hallmark events of meiosis occur, Meiosis II Stages Prophase II is the first step in meiosis II Like mitosis and meiosis I, the chromosomes condense throughout this step The centrosomes move